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UPDATE, Friday, May 11, 2007: My mother died this morning after a very rough final month of end-stage lung cancer. I will be away from Las Vegas for at least another week for her funeral and attempting to get some of her affairs in order. I thank everyone once again for their patience. These swaps mean quite a lot to me and I will fulfil all of my obligations, but, as you can imagine, my family has to be my #1 priority right now.--JDL.

age 35, single, childfree, 4 cats. I have a rather conservative "day job" into which I try to infiltrate as much indie style as possible. In my other life, I am working on a novel, have many international pen pals, and enjoy traveling wherever and whenever possible. (The first place I visit in any new country: the snack food aisle of the nearest grocery store.) Favorite colors: green, brown, pink, aqua, red, and gold. Random loves: housedresses, pre-computerized typography, "McSweeney's," sub-Saharan African crafts/food/music, caffeinated beverages, great big old colored glass decorative bottles, flowers, Mary Janes and other closed-toe shoes.

indie rock; '60s-'70s international dance pop; techno; '60s-'70s funky detective movie scores; maudlin '80s slow-dance music; really almost anything except opera.

subtitled ones! old digitized/compiled 16-millimeter educational films! James Bond movies starring Sean Connery! the David Lynch oeuvre! "Bull Durham"!

"24" and "Lost." that's it. I still have the same 12-inch TV set I had as an undergraduate in 1987 and it lives in the back bedroom along with a subfunctional VCR of the same era. From a more historical standpoint, anything starring Robert Wagner is probably a sure hit, as are Game Show Network reruns of "The Match Game."

paper crafts, sewing, knitting. I am giddy about recycled/upcycled/repurposed items, particularly when they are of actual utility to be written in/on or worn. Otherwise, my aesthetic preference leans heavily towards the mod/jet-set-high-fashion look, with occasional diversions into kawaii, and a rather pronounced distaste for the whole Somerset/Zettiology big-eyed-Victorian-ladies-with-tape-measures-coming-out-of-their-heads look.